Kenya burns largest ever ivory stockpile to highlight elephants' fate

Kenyan president lights pyres in move some fear will drive further poaching by taking 5% of global stock out of circulation

More than 100 tonnes of ivory has been set ablaze in Kenya, the largest ever such fire, in an attempt to shock the world into protecting endangered elephants.

Eleven giant pyres of tusks from around 6,000 elephants, a quantity seven times the size of any previous burn, were lit by the Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, at a ceremony in Nairobi national park on Saturday.